Do Not Be Yoked With Unbelievers

Do not be yoked with unbelievers. If we want a real world case study of how the yoked with unbelievers principle works in a tangible situation the best one might be the example of buying food in the meat market and eating in a private home 1 cor 10 23 11 1. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness. You re probably right to suggest that paul wasn t thinking primarily of marriage when he wrote do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers 2 corinthians 6 14 esv but that doesn t mean the principle can t have broader application. It can cause christians to compromise there will be disagreements etc.

If you were thinking about doing this don t do it. Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work harmful influence and companions. Paul was saying you shouldn t be yoked together with unbelievers unequally. Ewald followed by dean stanley holsten and others thinks that here there is a sudden dislocation of the argument and some have even supposed that the section 2 corinthians 6 14 7 1 is either an after thought written by the apostle on the margin of the epistle after it was finished.

The phrase unequally yoked comes from 2 corinthians 6 14 in the king james version. What does it mean to be unequally yoked answer. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers.

When paul says do not be unequally yoked he means first that we should not associate with believers who don t actually live for jesus and second that engaging in any sort of intimate relationship or partnership with someone who does not let jesus be the center of their lives will ultimately lead to our demise 2 cor 6 14. Feel free to participate as long as nobody s conscience is violated it doesn t lead anyone into idolatry or. Starting a business with an unbeliever can put christians in a terrible situation. Whether in business or relationships christians are not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers.

The passage of 2 corinthians 6 14 do not be yoked together with unbelievers which can give the impression that they should avoid contact with unbelievers. Bible verses about being unequally yoked. And what communion hath light with darkness the new american standard version says do not be bound together with. Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching do not take them into your house or welcome them. Or even an interpolation.